DEFINITION: AESTHETIC QUALITIES
- MFM
- How the artist has used art ELEMENTS and art PRINCIPLES
- Influence and create the mood, feeling or meaning of an artwork
- Experienced by the viewer
DEFINITION: ART FORMS - MTP * Drawing * Painting * Printmaking * Sculpture * Multimedia * Photography ETC.
- Classifications of artworks
- CONVENTIONALLY established form
- Artistic composition
- This is determined by the use of Materials, Techniques and Processes
DEFINITION: ANALYSE
- Study / examine art in detail
- Identifying components and the relationships between them
- HELPS understand the meaning of the artwork
DEFINITION: CULTURAL CONTEXT
- Reference to a particular gender, culture, language or period of time
- Influenced the makings of an ARTWORK
DEFINITION: HISTORICAL CONTEXT
- Reference to a particular date and event form HISTORY
- Informed the MAKINGS of an artwork
- WORLD WAR 1 and 2
DEFINITION: DISCUSS
- The ability to IDENTIFY issues
- Provide points For and/or AGAINST
DEFINITION: IDEAS AND MEANINGS
- Messages that are communicated
- This includes the ARTIST’S use of symbols and metaphors
DEFINITION: INFLUENCES
- Artistic
- Personal
- Social
- Political
- Religious or cultural
- Artist’s personal and artistic influence
- Impact on the making of artworks
DEFINITION: INTERPRETATION
- Appreciation of meaning
- The way the artist has chosen to convey MEANING
- Or their perception of the SUBJECT MATTER
DEFINITION: MATERIALS / TECHNIQUES / PROCESSES
MATERIALS
- Physical substances
- Used in the creation of a work of art
TECHNIQUES
- A method of using materials to achieve a specific EFFECT
PROCESSES
- Specific art-making method
- Foe Example: Etching: Involved in the printmaking process.
DEFINITION: STUDIO PRACTICE
- II
- SM
- CP
- M
- T
- P
- AF
- Range of characteristics
- INCLUDES: Individual ideas, subject matter, conceptual possibilities, materials, techniques, processes and art forms.
DEFINITION: STUDIO PROCESS
- E
- D
- R
- R
- P
- STAGES in production of artworks
- Explore, Develop, Refine, Resolve, Present
DEFINITION: STYLE
- Visible / distinguishing characteristics in an artwork
- Either: artistic (Generalized) or individual (Distinctive)
- Connected to an established artistic style
- Connected to personal styles/mannerisms
DEFINITION: SUBJECT MATTER
- What is depicted or shown
- This can be either LITERAL or CONCEPTUAL
- EXAMPLES: Portrait, Landscape, Still life
- EXAMPLES: Figurative, Semi-abstract, Abstract
DEFINITION: VISUAL LANGUAGE
- Communication of ideas through experiences, images and objects
- Used to communicate the exploration, development and resolution of artworks
